EP0296709B1 - Rundballenpresse mit kontinuierlicher Grossenüberwachung - Google Patents

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EP0296709B1
EP0296709B1 EP88304310A EP88304310A EP0296709B1 EP 0296709 B1 EP0296709 B1 EP 0296709B1 EP 88304310 A EP88304310 A EP 88304310A EP 88304310 A EP88304310 A EP 88304310A EP 0296709 B1 EP0296709 B1 EP 0296709B1
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Mark K. Chow
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  • the present invention relates generally to round balers for forming a cylindrical bale of crop material, and more particularly to apparatus for continuously monitoring bale size (diameter) whereby the operator may select a desired bale size and/or netting may be dispensed to wrap a bale, the length of netting dispensed being dependent on the size of the bale.
  • Round balers for forming cylindrical bales of crop material having long been known in the art. It has been conventional to provide such balers with twine dispensing means for wrapping a formed bale with twine so that the bale will maintain its shape and compactness after being ejected from the baler.
  • US-A-4,603,379 it is also known to automate round balers so that when a full bale is formed, the wrapping apparatus is activated to wrap the bale and cut the wrapping material.
  • bale size is fixed because sensor switches are utilised to determine when a bale has reached a predetermined size.
  • the bale size sensor disclosed in the US-A-4,748,802 referred to above is actuated by a serpentine arm which maintains tension in the apron as bale size increases. As the apron and its support mechanism wears, the bale size sensor indicates a bale size greater than the actual size of the bale in the baler.
  • the continuous bale size sensor provided by the present invention permits automatic compensation for wear so that a true indication of bale size is always available.
  • US-A-4,246,743 discloses a round baler in which means are provided for signalling to the operator when the bale being formed in the baler has reached a predetermined size.
  • An electrical switch is attached to the frame of the machine and is actuated when the baler is of the required size, the switch being connected to indicator means mounted in the cab of the machine which provide both audio and visual warning to the operator.
  • US-A-4,362,097 also discloses a round baler in which means are provided for determining the weight of a bale at any given instant during the formation of the bale.
  • the present invention is defined in the appended claims and provides a round baler wherein a bale-size sensor continuously monitors the diameter of a bale as it is formed, and produces an output signal indicative of the bale diameter.
  • a bale-size sensor may be provided for continuously monitoring the diameter of a bale as it is being formed, together with an operator's control panel at which an operator may select a desired bale size, an indicator, and a control circuit for comparing the output of the sensor to the desired bale size and lighting the indicator when the comparison shows that the actual bale size is at least as great as the desired bale size.
  • the operator may select the number of wraps of wrap material to be wrapped around each bale, and the control circuit controls the dispensing of the wrap material automatically to wrap a formed bale with the selected number of wraps.
  • the control circuit may include means for compensating for the effects of mechanical wear of certain baler parts on the accuracy of the bale size sensor.
  • a plurality of indicators may be provided for directing an operator to steer left or steer right along a window, and a control circuit responsive to the sensor for selectively energising the indicators whereby a cylindrical bale of generally uniform diameter and density is formed if the operator steers as directed by the indicators.
  • a potentiometer may be used for sensing bale size.
  • the potentiometer shaft may be connected to an arm which maintains tension in the apron so that as the size of a bale being formed increases and the apron expands, the arm moves the potentiometer shaft.
  • the potentiometer may be connected to an analog-to-digital converter which converts the analog output signal into digital pulses which are accumulated to obtain a digital value representing bale size.
  • Switches and indicators may be provided on an operators control panel. By actuating the switches the operator may select a desired bale size and also the number of maps of mapping material to be wrapped around each bale.
  • a microprocessor based control circuit may be used to compare the bale size to the desired bale size and signals the operator when a bale has reached the desired size. The control circuit then automatically computes the number of rotations of a feed roll required to wrap the bale with the selected number of wraps of wrapping material, initiates the wrapping, and activates a knife to cut the wrapping material when the bale is wrapped.
  • the control circuit may include a table stored in memory and addressable by the output of the bale size sensor. At each location in the table signals are stored for selectively energising two indicators to signal the operator to steer left or steer right along a windrow.
  • the continuous bale size sensor disclosed herein permits the lighting of the indicators at non-fixed increments of bale diameter, the increments being larger at the smaller bale diameters. This alleviates both the problem of too-fast switching between lights and the problem of non-uniform diameter.
  • FIG. 1 is a right-hand side elevational view of a round baler 10 with which the present invention may be utilised.
  • Left-hand and right-hand references are used herein as a matter of convenience and are determined by standing at the rear of the baler facing the forward end, in the direction of travel.
  • the baler 10 is provided with a wheeled frame 12 and is adapted for movement over the ground G.
  • the frame supports a pair of generally vertical, transversely spaced apart side sheets 13 between which a chain-and-slat or other bale forming apron 14 is rotatably driven.
  • the apron 14 extends over a sprocket 16, a cam guide member 37, and a series of rotatable guide members, 19, 21, 28, 25, 27, 29, 31 and 33.
  • a drive train 18 provides operational power to all operable components within the baler 10 including a floor roller (not shown) extending transversely of the baler generally behind a sprocket 34.
  • a crop pickup device 17 positioned adjacent the ground G delivers crop material to a bale forming chamber 20 bounded by the apron 14 and the floor roller. As crop material is fed into the chamber it is rotated between the apron and floor roller to form a cylindrical bale which increases in size as more crop material is introduced. As the bale increases in size it presses against the apron 14.
  • a serpentine mechanism generally indicated at 15, includes a pair of arm assemblies 42, one at each side of the baler, and each mounted on a transversely extending pivot tube 44 mounted at each end in bearings.
  • the arm assemblies 42 pivot in a counter-clockwise direction with the pivot tube 44 being the pivot. This allows the size of the bale forming chamber 20 to increase while at the same time removing slack from the apron.
  • the round baler 10 as described above is of generally conventional construction and is described in a number of patent specifications including U.S.-A-4,426,833 the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • the baler 10 may be modified as taught in US-A-4 748 802, which is also incorporated herein by reference, to provide a net dispensing means for wrapping a formed bale with netting.
  • a roll of netting material 22 is mounted on a spindle 23.
  • a drive belt 50 extends from a drive pulley 52 to a driven pulley 54. Attached to the shaft 55 of the driven pulley 54 is a transversely extending feed roll.
  • the pulley 52 is driven as long as power is applied at 18.
  • the belt 50 is normally slack so that the pulley 54 is not driven.
  • a linear actuator 35 is energised a clutching mechanism, indicated generally at 40, presses against and tensions belt 50 thereby causing the pulley 54 to be driven.
  • the pulley 54 cooperates with a pair of pinch rollers 56 to pull netting from the roll 22 and dispense it into the bale forming chamber.
  • the actuator 35 and clutching mechanism 40 also drive a net knife 58 so that the net is cut as tension is removed from belt 50, as more fully explained in the aforementioned co-pending U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 045977.
  • the baler 10 is pulled along a windrow and the pickup 17 picks up crop material and feeds it into the bale forming chamber 20.
  • the crop material is rotated between the floor roller and apron 14 to form a bale of ever-increasing size.
  • the operator stops forward motion of the baler, thereby to stop the feeding of crop material into the baler.
  • rotation of the bale in the chamber is continued and the net feed mechanism is actuated to feed netting into the chamber 20 where it wraps around the rotating bale.
  • the knife 58 cuts the net.
  • the operator may to open a tailgate 11 and eject the formed and wrapped bale. The operator then closes the tailgate and resumes forward motion of the baler to begin forming a new bale.
  • a bracket 60 is mounted on a frame member 62 to support a rotary potentiometer 66 which serves as a continuous bale size sensor.
  • the bracket 60 is generally U-shaped and has holes in the opposing legs for supporting a shaft 64 of the rotary potentiometer 66.
  • the potentiometer 66 is attached to one leg of the bracket 60 and the bracket is attached to a further bracket 68 which is in turn attached to the frame member 62.
  • a curved elongated arm 70 is attached at one end to the potentiometer shaft 64. At the opposing end the arm 70 is attached by a chain or other flexible link 72 to a pin 74 extending outwardly of the one arm 42.
  • the serpentine arms 42 are in the position illustrated in Figures 1 and 2.
  • the size of the bale being formed therein increases and presses against the apron 14 as already explained.
  • the one arm 42 ( Figure 3) pivots, it carries with it the pin 74, thus applying a force through chain 72 and curved arm 70 to rotate the potentiometer shaft 64.
  • the serpentine arms 42 are in the position illustrated in Figure 3.
  • the serpentine arms 42 are returned to the rest or starting position ( Figure 2) by a spring or other suitable means well known in the art.
  • the weight of the curved arm 70 and chain 72 are sufficient to rotate the potentiometer shaft 64 back to its initial position.
  • a return spring may be provided for arm 70 if desired.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates how the potentiometer 66 may be incorporated into a round baler microprocessor-based control circuit such as that described in US-A-4,609,984 the disclosure of which is also incorporated herein by reference.
  • the control circuit is essentially the same as that disclosed in the US-A-4,609,984 in that it includes a microprocessor 100, a ROM 102, a RAM 104, a versatile interface adapter (VIA) 106 and an address decoder 108 interconnected by address, control and bidirectional data busses collectively designated 110.
  • VOA versatile interface adapter
  • control circuit also includes input/output busses 112 connecting the VIA 106 with a audible alarm 114, visual indicators 116, and various switches and sensors collectively designated 118.
  • full bale switch of the arrangement disclosed in US-A-4,609,984 is replaced with the continuous bale size sensing potentiometer 66.
  • a voltage controlled oscillator or other suitable analog-to-digital converter 122 is connected to receive the analog output signal from potentiometer 66 and convert it to digital pulses on a lead 124, the pulses on the lead 124 having a frequency proportional to the magnitude of the analog signal from the potentiometer 66 and thus indicative of the size of the bale being formed in the baler 10.
  • the signals on lead 124 are applied over one of the lines in busses 112 to the VIA 106 where they may be counted over a fixed interval of time by a time in the VIA to thus obtain a digital value representing the size of the bale being formed.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram of the operators control panel illustrating the various manual input switches and visual indicators.
  • the control panel is designed for use with a round baler having either a twine dispensing mechanism or a net dispensing mechanism, and also including other features not related to the present invention, so for present purposes certain of the switches and indicators may be disregarded.
  • MODEL switch 131 is actuated to select the type of baler being controlled.
  • the bale size switch 130 is depressed when the operator desires to display the selected size of the bales to be formed.
  • the switch 130 is depressed, the last selected bale size appears in the digital display windrow 132.
  • This value may then be incremented by depressing switch 134 while holding the bale size switch depressed.
  • the bale size may be selected, for example, in one inch or one centimetre increments.
  • the displayed value may be decremented by depressing switch 136 while holding the bale size switch depressed.
  • the microprocessor 100 produces a signal which passes through VIA 106 to turn on a Full Bale indicator 138.
  • the Net switch 140 is used in conjunction with the switches 134 and 136 to select the number of wraps of wrapping material (net or twine) to be applied to each bale.
  • the Net switch When the Net switch is depressed the last selected number of wraps appears on the digital display 132 and this value may be incremented or decremented by depressing one of the switches 134 or 136 while the Net switch is held down.
  • the number of bale wraps may be selected in, for example, 1/4 wrap increments.
  • Figure 6 shows the digital display after the operator has selected two and one-quarter as the number of wraps of net to be applied to each bale.
  • FIG. 7 is a flow diagram illustrating the program of operation of the Figure 5 control circuit to control the wrapping of a bale with netting.
  • the program begins at step 148 by clearing various register locations including REVCNT and OFFSET.
  • the microprocessor 100 acting through VIA 106, samples the Net switch flag NETSW to see if Net switch 140 has been depressed. If it has been depressed the microprocessor 100 next samples flags for increment/decrement switches 134 and 136 at step 151 to determine if either switch is also depressed. If not, the microprocessor sends a stored value NETVAL representing the last selected number of wraps to the VIA 106 and the VIA outputs signals to display the value on display 132.
  • NETVAL representing the last selected number of wraps
  • step 151 shows that one or the other of switches 134 and 136 is actuated
  • the program branches to 153 to increment or decrement NETVAL and then sends the updated value to the display 132 at step 152.
  • NETVAL is also saved at step 152 after which the program loops back to step 150.
  • the loop comprising steps 150-153 is repeatedly executed as long as the Net switch 140 is depressed. During each execution of the loop steps 150-152 are executed if neither of the increment/decrement switches 134, 136 is actuated. In addition, step 153 is executed if one of the switches 134, 136 is actuated.
  • step 150 If the test at step 150 indicates that the Net switch 140 is not actuated the program branches to step 160 where the flag BALSW is tested to see if the Bale switch 130 is depressed. If it is, then the microprocessor program executes the loop comprising steps 160-163. Steps 160-163 serve the same purpose as steps 150-153 except that they control the display of bale size on the display 132. Thus, BALVAL, the last selected bale size is displayed and saved at step 162 after possibly being updated at step 163 because one of switches 134, 136 is depressed.
  • step 160 When the test at step 160 shows that the Bale switch flag is not set the program branches to step 170 where the microprocessor obtains from VIA 106 the digital value representing the converted output of the bale size sensor 66 (i.e. bale size) and saves it at location BSIZE.
  • the output of the potentiometer 66 is sensed when the bale forming chamber is empty and the tailgate 11 is closed. This is accomplished during execution of program step 204 as subsequently described, and the output of the potentiometer, after conversion to a digital value by VCO 122 and VIA 106, is stored at OFFSET for use on the next baling cycle as a correction factor.
  • step 172 the microprocessor subtracts OFFSET from BSIZE to obtain a corrected value representing the actual size of the bale currently being formed in the bale forming chamber.
  • OFFSET will be zero since it is cleared at step 148, but during formation of the second and subsequent bales OFFSET will have the value sensed at step 204 of the preceding bale forming cycle.
  • the corrected bale size value is sent to VIA 106 at step 174 so that it is displayed on the digital display 132.
  • the microprocessor compares the corrected digital value representing actual or current bale size to the digital value representing the desired bale size selected by operation switches 130, 134 and 136. If the current bale size is less than the desired size the program loops back to step 150. During this interval the baler is still being moved along a windrow and crop material is being added to the bale being formed in the chamber 20. Eventually the test at step 176 will find that the current bale size is equal to or greater than the desired bale size at which time the microprocessor sends signals (step 178) to the VIA 106 to sound the audible alarm 114 and light the Full Bale indicator 138. This signals the operator that he should stop forward movement of the baler.
  • the microprocessor 100 computes (at step 180) the number of revolutions of the net feed roll required in order to wrap the bale with the number of wraps previously selected by operation of switches 134, 136 and 140.
  • This can be done in different ways, a preferred method being as follows.
  • the output of bale size sensor 66 is converted to a digital value and corrected as described above, it is used to address a table of values, one for each possible bale size selectable by operation of switches 130, 134 and 136.
  • At each table address there is stored a precomputed value representing the number of revolutions of the net feed roll required to feed enough net to encircle a bale of a given selected size with one complete wrap of the net.
  • the value read from the table is then multiplied by the number of wraps (e.g. full and partial wraps) entered by means of switches 134, 136 and 140 to obtain a final value indicating the number of revolutions of the net feed roll required.
  • the microprocessor 100 then sends commands (step 182) to VIA 106 to energise the linear actuator 35.
  • energising linear actuator 35 applies tension to belt 50 so that the pulley 54 rotates the net feed roll shaft 55.
  • the net is caught up in the rotating bale its speed increases and at that time the "net running" indicator is turned on.
  • a switch 118 is provided for sensing revolutions of the net feed roll shaft 55. Each time the switch is actuated it produces a signal on one of the VIA busses 112. As explained in US-A-4,609,984, the microprocessor 100 periodically interrupts at intervals of about 10 milliseconds, the routine it is executing and executes a Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) routine to sample the states of the various sensors and switches 118 and perform other functions. After the NMI routine is executed the program returns to the interrupted routine and continues its execution from the point at which it was interrupted. Each time an NMI routine is executed the output of the feed roll switch sets or resets a flag REVFLG. At step 184 the microprocessor executes a Wait For Interrupt instructions waiting for the interrupt.
  • NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt
  • step 188 increments the count location REVCNT. This location in RAM 104 is utilised to count the number of revolutions of the net drive roll.
  • REVCNT is compared with the number of revolutions required as computed at step 180. If REVCNT is not equal to, or greater than, the number of revolutions required, the program loops back to step 184. The loop comprising steps 184, 186 and 190 is repeated and, if REVFLG is set during execution of the loop step 188 is executed to increment REVCNT.
  • the speed of the net feed roll shaft is preferably sensed during execution of this loop to control the "net running" indicator as previously described.
  • step 192 a signal is sent to VIA 106 to deenergise the linear actuator 35. This releases tension in the belt 50 so that the net feed roll stops turning and also actuates the knife 58 so that the net is cut.
  • the microprocessor 100 sends a code to VIA 106 which turns off the "net running” indicator 183 and turns on the Wrap Complete indicator 197 and the audible alarm 114. This signals the operator that he should operate the control to open the tailgate to eject the rolled and wrapped bale.
  • step 196 the program executes a loop during which the tailgate sensor switch is repeatedly sampled to see if the tailgate is open.
  • the microprocessor 100 executes step 198 to turn of the Full Bale, Wrap Complete, and Tailgate Closed indicators 138, 197 and 199 and remove the current bale size indication from the digital display 132.
  • a loop is executed waiting for the operator to operate the control for closing the tailgate.
  • the tailgate closes the Tailgate Closed indicator 199 is again turned on (step 202).
  • REVCNT is also reset at this time.
  • step 204 the microprocessor obtains from VIA 106 the digital value representing the output of the bale size sensor 66 and stores it at OFFSET fr use as the bale size correction factor at step 172 during formation of the next bale.
  • the program loops back to step 150, ready to monitor the formation and wrapping of the next bale.
  • the crop pickup device of a round baler is wider than a window hence as a bale is building up the baler there is a tendency for the bale to form with a varying diameter and crop density over its length unless the operator "weaves" the baler back and forth along the window.
  • the control panel is provided with a pair of segmented display arrows 206 which selectively direct the operator to steer left or steer right. These indicators are energised in response to increasing diameter of a bale as sensed by the bale size sensor 66.
  • the corrected bale size when the corrected bale size is determined, it is added to the base address of a table.
  • This table stores, at each location, signals for selectively lighting the display arrows 206.
  • the signals stored therein are sent (at step 174) to VIA 106 to selectively energise one of the indicators.
  • This arrangement permits changing the indicators as the diameter of the bale being formed increases but the changes do not have to occur at equal increments of increase in a bale diameter.
  • the table may be loaded with signals to first indicate steer left, then when the bale diameter reaches 10 inches steer right, when the bale diameter is 18 inches steer left, when the bale diameter is 25 inches steer right, and so forth.
  • the table may comprise two sub-tables, one for use under heavier crop conditions and the other for use under lighter crop conditions.
  • the operator may actuate switch 208 according to the condition present, and in response to the switch the microprocessor selects the base address of one or the other of the sub-tables.

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1. Rundballenpresse, bei der Erntematerial einer Ballenformungskammer (20) zugeführt wird und das Erntematerial in der Ballenformungskammer in Drehung versetzt wird, um einen Rundballen zu bilden, wobei die Rundballenpresse eine Einrichtung (65) zur Messung der Größe des Ballens und zur Erzeugung eines dieser Größe entsprechenden Analogsignals und eine Anzeigeeinrichtung (132) zur Anzeige der Größe des Ballens aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet,
   daß die Ballenpresse eine von der Bedienungsperson gesteuerte Einrichtung (130) zur Erzeugung eines eine Soll-Ballengröße darstellenden Digitalwertes aufweist,
   daß die Meßeinrichtung (66) dauernd zur Messung der Ballengröße betreibbar ist,
   und daß die Ballenpresse weiterhin Analog-/Digitalwandlereinrichtungen (122), die auf das Analogsignal ansprechen und einen die Ist-Ballengröße darstellenden Digitalwert erzeugen, und
   eine Mikroprozessor-Steuereinrichtung (100) umfaßt, mit denen die Anzeigeeinrichtung (132) gekoppelt ist, wobei die Mikroprozessor-Steuereinrichtung (100) auf den die Ist-Ballengröße darstellenden Digitalwert und den die Soll-Ballengröße darstellenden Sollwert ansprechende Einrichtungen (176) zur Ansteuerung der Anzeigeeinrichtung (132) dann einschließt, wenn die Ist-Ballengröße zumindestens so groß wie die Soll-Ballengröße ist.
2. Rundballenpresse nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet , daß sie weiterhin eine Einrichtung (132) zur Anzeige des die Ist-Ballengröße darstellenden Digitalwertes umfaßt.
3. Rundballenpresse nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie weiterhin eine Einrichtung (132) zur Anzeige des die Soll-Ballengröße darstellenden Digitalwertes einschließt.
4. Rundballenpresse nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie weiterhin Ballen-Umwicklungseinrichtungen (22,23) umfaßt.
5. Rundballenpresse nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet , daß die Mikroprozessor-Steuereinrichtung (100) die Ballen-Umwicklungseinrichtung ansteuert, wenn die Ist-Ballengröße zumindestens so groß wie die Soll-Ballengröße ist.
6. Rundballenpresse nach Anspruch 4 oder 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Ballen-Umwicklungseinrichtung folgende Teile umfaßt:
   eine Einrichtung (23), die einen Vorrat an Umwicklungsmaterial (22) haltert,
   eine Zuführungseinrichtung (56) zur begabe von Umwicklungsmaterial von dem Vorrat zum Umwickeln des Ballens,
   selektiv betätigbare Antriebseinrichtungen (50,52,54) zur Drehung der Zuführungseinrichtung (56), und
   eine Schneideinrichtung (58) zum Schneiden des Umwicklungsmaterials,
   wobei die Mikroprozessor-Steuereinrichtung (100) eine auf den die Ist-Ballengröße darstellenden Digitalwert ansprechende Einrichtung zur Berechnung der Länge des Umwicklungsmaterials, das zum Umwickeln des Ballens erforderlich ist, und zum Ansteuern der Antriebseinrichtung (50, 52, 54) zur Zuführung der erforderlichen Länge an Umwicklungsmaterial, und
   Einrichtungen zur Ansteuerung der Schneideinrichtung (58) nach der begabe der erforderlichen Länge des Umwicklungsmaterials einschließt.
7. Rundballenpresse nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie weiterhin eine Schaltereinrichtung (140) zur Erzeugung eines Wertes umfaßt, der die Anzahl der Windungen aus Umwicklungsmaterial darstellt, die den Ballen umgeben sollen, und daß die Einrichtung zur Berechnung der Länge des Umwicklungsmaterial, das erforderlich ist, um den Ballen zu umwickeln, auf den die Anzahl der Windungen, mit denen das Umwicklungsmaterial um den Ballen gelegt werden soll, darstellenden Wert anspricht.
8. Rundballenpresse nach einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Ballen-Umwick-lungsseinrichtung Einrichtungen (35,52,54,56) zum Umwickeln des Ballens mit Neztmaterial umfaßt.
9. Rundballenpresse nach einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Ballen-Umwicklungseinrichtung Einrichtungen zum Umwickeln des Ballens mit Bindegarn umfaßt.
10. Rundballenpresse nach einem der Ansprüche 4 - 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Ballen-Umwicklungseinrichtung folgende Teile umfaßt:
   eine Einrichtung (23), die einen Vorrat (22) des Umwicklungsmaterials trägt,
   eine Zuführungseinrichtung (56) zur begabe von Umwicklungsmaterial von dem Vorrat zum Umwickeln des Ballens,
   selektiv betätigbare Antriebseinrichtungen (50,52,54) zum Drehen der Zuführungseinrichtung,
   eine Schneideinrichtung (58) zum beschneiden des Umwicklungsmaterials, und
   eine Einrichtung zur Messung der Umdrehungen der Zuführungseinrichtung,
   wobei die Mikroprozessor-Steuereinrichtung (100) folgende Teile einschließt:
   eine Einrichtung (35) zur Ansteuerung der Antriebseinrichtungen zur Drehung der Zuführungseinrichtung,
   eine Zähleinrichtung, die auf die die Umdrehungen der Zuführungseinrichtung messende Einrichtung zur Zählung der Umdrehungen anspricht,
   auf den die Ist-Ballengröße darstellenden Digitalwert ansprechende Einrichtungen zur Berechnung der Anzahl der Umdrehungen der Zuführungseinrichtung, die erforderlich ist, um genügend Umwicklungsmaterial zum Umwickeln des Ballens abzugeben, und
   Einrichtungen zum Vergleich der gezählten Anzahl der Umdrehungen mit der berechneten Anzahl von Umdrehungen und zum beschalten der Antriebseinrichtungen sowie zum Einschalten der Schneideinrichtung (58).
11. Rundballenpresse nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie weiterhin eine Schaltereinrichtung zur selektiven Erzeugung eines Wertes um faßt, der die Anzahl von Windungen angibt, mit denen das Umwicklungsmaterial um den Ballen herumgelegt wird, wobei die Einrichtung zur Berechnung der Anzahl von Umdrehungen der Zuführungseinrichtung (56), die erforderlich ist, um den Ballen zu umwickeln, auf den Wert anspricht, der die Anzahl von Windungen darstellt, mit denen das Umwicklungsmaterial den Ballen umgeben soll.
12. Rundballenpresse nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Ballenformungskammer (20) ausdehnbar ist und zumindestens teilweise durch ein Förderband (14) umgrenzt ist, und daß die Rundballenpresse weiterhin folgende Teile umfaßt:
   eine Armbaugruppe (42) zur Aufrechterhaltung der Spannung in dem Förderband, während ein in der Kammer geformter Ballen die Kammer durch Einwirkung gegen das Förderband ausdehnt,
   ein Ballenmeßpotentiometer (66), und
   eine Einrichtung (70), die das Potentiometer mit der Armbaugruppe (42) verbindet, wodurch das Potentiometer dauernd ein Ausgangssignal liefert, das die Größe eines in der Kammer geformten Ballens darstellt.
13. Rundballenpresse nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie weiterhin eine Einrichtung zur Messung eines Ausgangssignals von der Ballen-meßeinrichtung bei leerer Ballenformungskammer (20) zur Ableitung eines Korrekturwertes und eine Subtraktionseinrichtung zur Subtraktion des Korrekturwertes von dem von dem Ballenmeßfühler erzeugten Ausgangssignals während der Ballenformung umfaßt, so daß eine Korrektur gegenüber einer Abnutzung in der Einrichtung (14) durchgeführt wird, die die Ballenkammer (20) bildet.
14. Rundballenpresse nach Anspruch 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie weiterhin folgende Teile umfaßt:
   eine auf das Ausgangssignal von der Ballenmeßeinrichtung ansprechende Einrichtung zur Adressierung einer Tabelle von gespeicherten Signalen,
   erste und zweite Richtungsanzeiger (206), und
   auf die gespeicherten Signale an einem adressierten Platz in der Tabelle ansprechende Einrichtungen zur selektiven Ansteuerung der Anzeiger zur Lieferung eines Signals an eine Bedienungsperson dafür, in welche Richtung die Rundballenpresse zu steuern ist.
15. Rundballenpresse nach Anspruch 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie weiterhin folgende Teile umfaßt:
   auf das Ausgangssignal der Subtraktionseinrichtung ansprechende Einrichtungen zur Adressierung einer Tabelle von gespeicherten Signalen,
   erste und zweite Richtungsanzeiger (206), und
   auf die gespeicherten Signale an einem adressierten Platz in der Tabelle ansprechende Einrichtungen zur selektiven Ansteuerung der Anzeiger zur Lieferung eines Signals an eine Bedienungsperson dafür, in welche Richtung die Rundballenpresse zu steuern ist.
16. Rundballenpresse nach Anspruch 13 unter Rückbeziehung auf Anspruch 12 und Anspruch 14 oder 15 bei Rückbeziehung auf diesen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die die Ballenmeßeinrichtung (66) mit der Armbaugruppe (42) verbindende Einrichtung (70) eine flexible Verbindung (72) umfaßt.
17. Rundballenpresse nach Anspruch 12 und einem der Ansprüche 13 - 16 unter Rückbeziehung auf diesen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß:
   die Ballenmeßeinrichtung (66) mit der Armbaugruppe (42) zur dauernden Erzeugung eines Analog-Ausgangssignals verbunden ist, das den Durchmesser eines in der Kammer (20) geformten Ballens darstellt, und daß die Rundballenpresse weiterhin
   Einrichtungen (122,100) umfaßt, die auf das Analogsignal ansprechen, um Ausgangssignale zu einen bestand voneinander aufweisenden Intervallen zu erzeugen, wobei die Intervalle zwischen aufeinanderfolgenden Ausgangssignalen abnehmen, wenn der Durchmesser des Ballens während seiner Formung ansteigt.
18. Rundballenpresse nach Anspruch 17, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Intervalle relativ groß sind, wenn der Durchmesser des Ballens während seiner Bildung klein ist, und daß die Intervalle relativ klein sind, wenn der Durchmesser des Ballens während seiner Formung groß ist, so daß der Durchmesser des Ballens allgemein gleichförmig entlang seiner Länge während seiner Formung ansteigt, wenn die Rundballenpresse entsprechend den Ausgangssignalen gesteuert wird.
19. Rundballenpresse nach Anspruch 17 oder 18, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Ballenmeßeinrichtung ein Potentiometer (66) umfaßt.
20. Rundballenpresse nach einem der Ansprüche 17 bis 19, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die auf das Analogsignal ansprechende Einrichtung die Mikroprozessoreinrichtung (100) ist, die mit der Ballenmeßeinrichtung (66) zur Erzeugung der Ausgangssignale verbunden ist.
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